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Letter from Edward Hawkins

Reference code
SAL/01/02/40/10
Title
Letter from Edward Hawkins
Date
1848
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Letter written in response to a brass medal that was presented to the Society by Mr. Brooke in the meeting of 23rd Nov 1848. The medal was one of a large order commissioned to commemorate the capturing of Porto Bello by Admiral Vernon.

Mentioned in the minutes for the 30th Nov 1848: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.039.103

Mentioned in the proceedings Vol.1, Issue 15, 1848, pp.pp. 284-289: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950797300017443
Creator
Hawkins, Edward (1780-1867), numismatist, antiquary and Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum